VENUES
SOPHIE NYS, If Nature Didn’t, Warner’s Will, 2012. Stockings, coconuts, 48 x 21 x 11 cm. Courtesy Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels.
AWT FOCUS
Taro Masushio and Sophie Nys
Curated by Olivier Mignon
XYZ Collective
This two-person exhibition, led by Kanazawa-based Belgian curator Olivier Mignon, juxtaposes works by New York–based Japanese photographer Taro Masushio, who addresses themes of queer embodiment and the politics of the gaze, with Brussels-based artist Sophie Nys, whose sculptures investigate the relationship between language and objects.
ABOUT THE CURATOR
XYZ Collective
XYZ collective / The Steak House Dos Koi is an artist-run gallery that was established in 2011 and moved to its current location in Tokyo’s Sugamo district in 2016. The gallery organizes exhibitions both in Japan and abroad. It has participated in NADA Miami since 2013 and has also participated in fairs such as Paris Internationale and June in Basel. Recent shows include solo exhibitions by Yuka Hasegawa (2021) and Maki Katayama (2021) and the group exhibition “Veit Laurent Kurz Curation” (2021).
